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Drake on the cover of GQ

June 18, 2013

I’ve been dreading this moment, the ritualistic playing of the new album for the magazine writer. What if I don’t like it? I’m not going to fake it. Both Drake and 40 are looking at me now, curious. I hold up my arm, and thankfully my arm doesn’t lie: goose bumps. Drake’s face breaks into a smile, and he says, “Ah, man, I didn’t expect that—but for you to hear the emotion in it is amazing to me. This is my fucking moment to say if I wanted to rap all the time, really rap, I would, but I also love to make music. I’ll do this for you right now. But it’s for me, too. It’s my story.”